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pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-8-30
pubmed:abstractText
We investigate the validity of continuum electrostatics in the gramicidin A channel using a recently determined high-resolution structure. The potential and electric field acting on ions in and around the channel are computed by solving Poisson's equation. These are then used in Brownian dynamics simulations to obtain concentration profiles and the current passing through the channel. We show that regardless of the effective dielectric constant used for water in the channel or the channel protein, it is not possible to reproduce all the experimental data on gramicidin A; thus, continuum electrostatics cannot provide a valid framework for the description of ion dynamics in gramicidin channels. Using experimental data and molecular dynamics simulations as guides, we have constructed potential energy profiles that can satisfactorily describe the available physiological data. These profiles provide useful benchmarks for future potential of mean force calculations of permeating ions from molecular dynamics simulations of gramicidin A. They also offer a convenient starting point for studying structure-function relationships in modified gramicidin channels.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0006-3495
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1348-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Continuum electrostatics fails to describe ion permeation in the gramicidin channel.
pubmed:affiliation
Protein Dynamics Unit, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 0200, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't